Donald Goldfarb

Donald Goldfarb
Born (1941-11-14) November 14, 1941
New York City
Known forBFGS algorithm
AwardsJohn von Neumann Theory Prize
Academic background
EducationCornell (BChE - 1963)
Columbia (MA - 1965)
Columbia (PhD - 1966)
ThesisA Conjugate Gradient Method for Nonlinear Programming (1966)
Doctoral advisorLeon Lapidus
Academic work
Disciplinemathematics
Sub-disciplineoptimization

Donald Goldfarb (born August 14, 1941 in New York City) is an American mathematician, best known for his works in mathematical optimization and numerical analysis. He is one of the developers of the BFGS algorithm. He is a recipient of the Von Neumann Theory Prize and Khachiyan Prize.

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